Saturday, December 27, 2003

   the mother of all posts!
Ok, wow, it HAS been a long time since I last updated. I’ve been on, checking up on other peoples, but no, danni, that DOESN’t count. I don’t know how some people do it. I got promoted to guild council on my neopets. guild, so I feel a certain responsibility to make sure I check in with them.

Since the 17th hm..

After last day for school, wrapped presents for Key club’s adopted family, went for pizza, then bowling, wheee! of course I saw lotr, which was of course immensly phenomenal and completely blew me away. I wanted to bite gandalf he was so mean. I don’t want to ruin anything so I won’t elaborate on anything

And then I enjoyed a weekend FREE from school or work or busyness! Saturday I got to go SNOWBOADING for the very first time. Gasp you say, that I live in alaska, why is it my first go? Of course it costs a lot and I don’t really have extra time amognst my activieties, even on the weekends. Saw Galen there at the mountain.

My friend said I was doing pretty well for the first time, I guess so, because I had to wait for a guy that’s already gone about 5 times before. Only fall that hurt was when I fell flat on my stomach, knocked ALL the wind out of me! And the one at the lodge where I burned myself eating pizza, I still have the scar from that.

A bit better than the time when I first went downhill skiing. Blew up, apparently. That’s what josh said. Mushroom cloud of snow. hurt like I blew up too, ouch! I ramble.

Monday work. Then met friends to start on our history day project. Fi gave me an authentic Alaska grown t-shirt! Tuesday I met with Emly and gathered all our materials. Then quit, quite predictably. *sigh. she left now I have to do it on my own.

*cheer. Christmas eve RELAXATION. Church. We had a guest priest who’s sermon disturbed me. He made several remarks promoting anti-semitsm, homophobia, and ethno centricity. Our regular priest I love, I particularly remember the sermon about toleration and love your neighbor, no matter wat he’s done. It is up to Him, not me who judges people.

Chrismas! I feel very fortunate when I remember those santa letters. I got a subscription to NP with the promotional disc, a snowboard rental gift certificate, and a necklace. A couple weeks ago I was doing something for Key club, answering santa letters! Letters from all over the world come to North Pole, Alaska! Children of the world rejoyce! But it is quite depressing. Dozens of kids from downtown LA and elswhere hardly had anything, much less a Christmas dinner at all!

There’s that one letter that sticks up in my head among all those letters asking for clothes shoes and a job for their parents. A kid 8 yrs old, he wrote about a gang stole his dad’s car with all his tools, and now nobody wants to employ him without tools. He writes that please let his 16 year old sister to find a job to help their dad out. *tear

ok, today, did overtime for work, then came home and watched cosby show, ate enchiladas mmmmmm. Will watch X-men, baby, ya!
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